The victim told the trial that she was in his class and was in the hall one day, possibly to help the teacher or for extra auditions. She said the man asked her if she wanted to play a game . He told her he loved her and she was his “little angel”.

He raped her vaginally and anally. She said the the pain was “unbelievable” and she thought she was going to die. She was bleeding afterwards.

She recalled hearing a brush drop and saw that the caretaker had seem then. The girl left the hall and the caretaker “went for” the accused, she said.

She said a woman saw her crying and another woman took her to the bathroom. When she came out of the bathroom one of the women was waiting for her, she said.

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